by Garry Kasparov is a retired Russian chess player who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. He was the highest-rated player in the world for 255 out of 2281 months, and was the No. 1 ranked player for a record 102 consecutive months. In addition to his chess career, Kasparov has written several books, including “How Life Imitates Chess”. He is also a known political activist.
Garry Kasparov held the title of World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. During his reign as champion, he defended his title in a number of highly-publicized and closely-contested matches against some of the strongest players in the world.
Some of his most notable championship matches include:
1985: Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion in history at the age of 22, by defeating Soviet Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov.
1986: Kasparov successfully defended his title against Karpov in a rematch.
1987: Kasparov again successfully defended his title against Karpov in a third match.
1990: Kasparov defeated Dutch Grandmaster Jan Timman to retain his title.
1993: Kasparov defeated British Grandmaster Nigel Short to retain his title.
1995: Kasparov retained his title in a rematch against Short.
2000: Kasparov lost his title to Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik in a match that was held in London, England.
In addition to these matches, Kasparov also played in a number of other high-profile matches and tournaments during his career, including the Linares tournament, the Melody Amber tournament and the PCA World Chess Championship.
